The Club's Results
Cambridge 99's Regatta, May Term 2001
4th men's VIII (4th division)
| 4th men's VIII | |||
| in Black Prince | |||
| bow | Paul Whiting | 2 | Andrew Smith |
| 3 | Neil Morrison | 4 | Matthew Byrne |
| 5 | Robert Patterson | 6 | G. Harboe |
| 7 | Nigel Chan | str | Mark Sankey |
Coxed by: H. Ballmann
1st round
Lost to Emma III
Lost to Emma III
Held them to about halfway. Got disconcerted due to the fact that they were still there and they finished about half a length up. ![[by the webmaster]](/images/endpara.gif)
Plate 1st round
Beat Sidney III
Beat Sidney III
The race was delayed for a while, as Bow's gate fell off on the way up to the start and we lost some important parts in the Cam. After stealing a gate from the 5th VIII we pulled away from Sidney very slowly off the start. By the railway bridge, there was a judicious amount of clear water between the boats - a good thing since our racing line strayed the wrong side of centre - and then we started to fall apart. However we managed to get it back together and won fairly comfortably in the end.
Plate final
Beat FaT V
Beat FaT V
Here it was - the crunch test of the lower boats crew selection policy. After the 5th VIII had obtained a gate from the 1st Women's VIII we were ready to start. Despite their having a ringer in the all-important No.5 seat who, in all honesty, rowed like a compete Lemon during the race, we held them off their carefully planned 'Blitz' start. After ten or so strokes of this, they got a bit tired (esp. the fat bloke at 5) and we rowed steadily away to win.
Links
Full May Term 2001 Cambridge 99's Regatta results
4th men's VIII Cambridge 99's Regatta results archive
